xxviii, 394 p. : 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-368) and index

Introduction: Griots of piedmont North Carolina and portrait of songster Will Baldwin -- Signifying at the crossroads : African-American traditions of the folk banjo -- The ritual of minstrelsy : some were buffoons, but others were apprentices -- Mountain echoes of the African banjo -- The banjo : its changing form, construction, and use -- The transmission of playing methods and tunings -- The banjo song genre : Dink Roberts' man-against-the-law songs -- Garfield : man against the law, but a man with a community -- Conclusion

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